The 13-year-old from Londonderry was nominated for her bravery in battling a permanent health condition.

Day 17 of the relay ended when the final torchbearer,
Darrel Harpur
, from Strabane, lit a cauldron at the evening celebration in St Columb's Park, where 12,000 free tickets to the event were quickly snapped up. The entertainment was headlined by local Bellaghy band
General Fiasco
.

There were 60 torchbearers on Monday and among them were Stephen McImoyle and Leanne Scott, who are getting married in an Olympic-themed wedding on 27 July, the day of the Games opening ceremony in London.

Miss Scott told the BBC: "We are going to name our tables after some of the countries that are competing in the Olympics."

The Olympic torch relay is visiting Northern Ireland for five days,
on its first day - the 16th day of the relay -
the flame visited a number of landmarks including Stormont, home of the Northern Ireland Assembly, and Carrickfergus Castle.

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The following day
the flame makes a trip to Dublin - its only visit outside the UK besides Greece - and then returns to Newry, Lisburn and Belfast.

While it is in Dublin, there will be a celebratory event at St Stephen's Green in the city centre.

The final leg of the relay,
on 7 June,
will take in Newcastle, Dundrum, Clough, Downpatrick, Crossgar, Saintfield, Ballynahinch, Templepatrick, Antrim, Ballyronan, Magherafelt, Ballymena and Moorfields.

Later that day, the torch will leave Northern Ireland for Scotland.

A total of 8,000 people will carry the flame on its 8,000 mile, 70-day journey around the UK to the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games on 27 July.